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Getting Started

This guide will help you install and start using rsync-time-machine in minutes.

Installation

To install rsync-time-machine.py, simply clone the repository:

pip install rsync-time-machine

and use it like rsync-time-machine --help

Or just copy the script to your computer:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/basnijholt/rsync-time-machine.py/main/rsync_time_machine.py
and use it like ./rsync_time_machine.py --help

Quick Start

  • Backup the home folder to backup_drive:
./rsync_time_machine.py /home /mnt/backup_drive
  • Backup with exclusion list:
./rsync_time_machine.py /home /mnt/backup_drive excluded_patterns.txt

For more examples and detailed usage instructions, please refer to the original rsync-time-backup README.

Next Steps